Isaura (Aberrant) by Silver Ruth

Author:Silver, Ruth [Silver, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopian YA
Publisher: LazyDay Publishing
Published: 2013-12-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

The women we'd brought back from Torv were given temporary quarters, bunking up with other families. Henry, Joshua and I sat in a room together studying the familiar maps I'd snuck a peek at just days ago.

“What do you suggest?” Henry asked letting out a heavy breath. “There are too many mouths to feed. I can't make room long-term for an additional three hundred people.”

“I know that,” I agreed. “We have two options. We expand the borders of Spade or we form a new town.”

Henry raised an eyebrow. “Expand Spade how?” He didn’t oppose growing the community. He was right though, space was limited. There had been room for guests but not more than the entire population of what Spade had been.

Joshua pointed at the map. “You have land going west of Spade that's unaccounted for.”

“Actually it's not,” Henry answered. “It's where we keep the drones we've taken down.”

“We could move everyone to a western city? Someplace by Thena or Shadow?”

Joshua frowned. “Those cities were destroyed. Transferring everyone through another portal is too risky and traveling through the Gravelands would be deadly. Spade has better defenses. We have a fortified wall we can expand and enough soldiers and new people willing to fight.”

Henry laughed. “You're going to send women to stand on the battle front?”

“Why not?” I narrowed my eyes.

Henry held up his hands in surrender. “I'm not speaking about you, dear. I know what you're capable of. You're different though. Stronger, tougher. Most of the women out there are terrified.”

“Wouldn't you be?” I questioned. “They believed they were in a different world, happy, taken care of and woke up to realize they'd been in a medical lab for God knows how long!” I stood up, pacing the length of the room. “We can't abandon them.”

“We won't,” Joshua interjected. “They’re our greatest asset right now.”

“What do you mean?” I frowned.

Joshua stared at me, a faint smile at the corner of his lips. “They're all like us now, Olive. They've all been treated with Mindonsiphan.”

I realized it had been mentioned before. I hadn't quite known why we had administered the antidote. I'd assumed wrongly that it had been to counteract the Mindonsiphan, but they'd told me Isaura had another compound she'd given them. “What's this mean for us?” I asked walking towards the window. I stared down at the corridor. A few women walked outside but it wasn't crowded like it had been.

Henry studied the map before glancing over at me. “It means we have a greater army, a better defense than we could have ever imagined. We need to work fast though, reinforce the western walls and build another settlement to house our newest families.”

My gaze turned towards Joshua. “Are we to train them?” I understood what they were suggesting. “They could retaliate and decide they want to return to Torv. They have families there,” I reminded them walking away from the window as I glanced at the maps. “There has to be another way.”

Henry agreed. “There is, Olivia.” He sat down behind his desk.

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